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CAISO board approves ‘transformational’ grid interconnection reforms
The reforms aim to advance projects that are most likely to succeed, in part by prioritizing projects targeting areas in California with available transmission capacity.
By Ethan Howland • June 14, 2024 -
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Lawmakers, speakers spar over benefits of IRA’s manufacturing boom
Legislators and experts disagreed on the long-term merits of subsidies, with IRA critics questioning if the clean energy boom would amount to a “sugar high.”
By Diana DiGangi • June 13, 2024 -
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TrendlineSustainability
Companies are pursuing increasingly ambitous sustainability goals around clean energy, but integrating rising amounts of renewables, minimizing environmental impacts, and achieving carbon reduction targets can be challenging.
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Retrieved from Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee livestream.
Senate confirms FERC nominees, restoring agency to full commissioner complement
“The [agency] works best when it has five members, so I look forward to welcoming them … so we can work collaboratively to ensure reliable, affordable and sustainable energy,” FERC Chairman Phillips said.
By Ethan Howland • June 13, 2024 -
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Basin Electric faces $471M in customer rebates for putting nonutility expenses in rates
A FERC administrative law judge also found Basin Electric was imprudent when it failed to consider replacing coal-fired power plants with potentially less expensive generation.
By Ethan Howland • June 13, 2024 -
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California goes after Big Oil’s ‘illegal’ profits over alleged greenwashing
ExxonMobil, Shell, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, BP and the American Petroleum Institute may be required to surrender profits gained from false advertising, according to an amended complaint filed Monday.
By Zoya Mirza • June 12, 2024 -
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House Judiciary Committee: Climate groups and activists ‘colluding’ on decarbonization
The interim report from the yearslong probe also accuses groups in the financial system of forming a “climate cartel” that “has declared war on the American way of life.”
By Lamar Johnson • June 12, 2024 -
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$7.85B Mountain Valley Pipeline construction complete
Gas will soon flow on the much-delayed project, which received a green light from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Tuesday.
By Julie Strupp • June 12, 2024 -
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Maryland PSC rejects Exelon utility’s $213.6M multiyear rate plan
Instead, Pepco will be able to increase its rates by $44.6 million for a year while the state agency assesses the benefits of multi-year rate plans.
By Ethan Howland • June 12, 2024 -
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Proposed tax on gas-powered large buildings will go to voters in Berkeley, California
A 2023 court decision that struck down Berkeley’s first-in-the-nation ban on gas hookups in new construction is part of what led to the ballot measure, an organizer said.
By Ysabelle Kempe • June 11, 2024 -
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Congressional Dems urge SEC to stay committed to climate disclosure rule
A group of 38 lawmakers asked the agency to “vigorously defend” its now-stayed final rule in court and enforce previous climate-related guidance in the interim.
By Zoya Mirza • June 11, 2024 -
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OpinionTransmission planning’s next frontier: A rebuttable presumption for modern grid technologies
Regulators should apply the principle of ‘rebuttable presumption’ — accepting a given fact as true until it is disproved — by ensuring that alternative transmission technologies are prioritized in evaluating system needs.
By Jason Marshall • June 11, 2024 -
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FERC in Focus
A monthly column that shines a light on the top issues facing the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
By Ethan Howland • June 11, 2024 -
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Deep DiveAs NVIDIA, IBM and others apply AI to boost utilities, regulatory and data privacy obstacles abound
The “move fast and break things” business model of the technology sector is meeting the regulated spending and reliability imperatives of the utility sector.
By Herman K. Trabish • June 11, 2024 -
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FERC in Focus: Has the agency been ‘captured’ by the sectors it regulates?
FERC Commissioner Mark Christie thinks so. Other FERC experts don't go that far, but they see the commission giving a strong deference to utility companies.
By Ethan Howland • June 11, 2024 -
Retrieved from GE Hitachi.
Nuclear Innovation Alliance offers road map to catalyze advanced nuclear development
Project sponsors and the federal government can do more to share project risk and cover budget overruns for early projects, the group found.
By Brian Martucci • June 10, 2024 -
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US summer electric bills expected to rise 8% in 2024 amid drop in low-income aid: report
The average U.S. electric bill this summer is projected to set a 10-year record, finds a June 3 report from the National Energy Assistance Directors Association and Center for Energy Poverty and Climate.
By Ysabelle Kempe • June 10, 2024 -
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Grid operators fail to effectively use interregional ties, increasing costs, hurting reliability: NREL
National Renewable Energy Laboratory researchers offer a range of options for improving existing interregional operations, including developing a national interregional transmission planning process.
By Ethan Howland • June 7, 2024 -
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Illinois renewables plan encouraging grid-enhancing technologies could be national model, group says
The state's Renewable Energy Access Plan asks utilities and regional transmission operators to “better incorporate” grid-enhancing technologies such as dynamic line ratings in future transmission planning processes.
By Emma Penrod • June 6, 2024 -
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Sierra Club, NRDC drop legal challenges to SEC climate rule
The two environmental groups have decided to focus resources elsewhere to improve climate-related financial disclosures.
By Lamar Johnson • June 6, 2024 -
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OpinionMinnesota’s permitting reforms will accelerate its clean energy boom and can serve as a national model
The Energy Infrastructure Permitting Act is expected to cut permitting time for individual projects by nine months to a year, shortening the overall approval timeline by 50% or more.
By Mel Mackin • June 5, 2024 -
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Senate panel advances FERC nominees; Senate confirms NRC chair for second term
The National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors, a point of contention in the FERC nomination hearings, would change if new legislation now being drafted passes, Sen. Joe Manchin, I-W.Va., said.
By Ethan Howland • June 5, 2024 -
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OpinionResponsible AI in energy: Balancing efficiency, sustainability and trust in a high-stakes industry
Stringent regulations, safety considerations and environmental expectations necessitate robust risk management as AI adoption accelerates in the energy sector.
By Alyssa Lefaivre Škopac and Patrick McAndrew • June 4, 2024 -
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PJM market monitor challenges energy efficiency payments to Exelon utilities, FirstEnergy, others
In a complaint filed with FERC, Monitoring Analytics said Public Service Electric & Gas, CPower Energy and other companies failed to show they are eligible for $128 million from PJM’s capacity market.
By Ethan Howland • June 4, 2024 -
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Pathways Initiative advances plan for independent power market organization for the West
The initiative aims to develop a plan for a new regional organization to oversee wholesale power markets by the end of the year.
By Ethan Howland • June 3, 2024 -
Retrieved from US Department of Energy.
NV Energy opts to join CAISO-developed day-ahead market over SPP alternative
“This may represent a market that is too good to pass up for a lot of other Western utilities,” Advanced Energy United’s Brian Turner said.
By Ethan Howland • June 3, 2024
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